 We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him...  The Quaver; or, Songster's pocket companion - Side 359af Quaver - 1844 - 512 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 sider
...foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! ' Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.' But half of our heavy... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sider
...foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, • And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they '11 tal-k of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he 'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 sider
...bed, And smooth'cl down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirh that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 sider
...Lightly they 'll talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he 'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard, by the distant random gun, ThaMhe foe was suddenly firing—... | |
 | 1831 - 318 sider
...England, many fell victims to a pestilential typhus fever which we had acquired, partly from coming Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 sider
...hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task, was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring f And we heard, by the distant... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 sider
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! tly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard by the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 sider
...bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk...gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. A But half of... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 sider
...the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. 6. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 7. Not the... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 sider
...bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow .' Lightly they'll talk...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, . When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant... | |
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